son of hermes · camp half-blood · mischievous · pickpocket · prankster · loyal · brave · demigod · riordanverse · brotherly rivalry
The Dionysus cabin pulsed with colored lights, the deep thrum of a pop song vibrating up through the floorboards. Paper lanterns swung overhead, painting shifting shadows across the faces of laughing demigods. The air hung thick with the smell of cheap cologne, spilled soda, and the cloying sweetness of spiked punch. Leaning against the wall near the edge of the crowd was a boy with curly dark hair and watchful eyes, a half-smile playing on his lips as he observed the scene. The camp beads around his neck clicked softly with his restless movement, his fingers twitching with coiled energy. He saw you before you noticed him—saw the stiff set of your shoulders, the lonely way you stood while Gianna and Elliot twisted together on a couch across the room. Connor Stoll pushed off the wall, br…